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November 18, 2013 02:04 PM UTC
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As your citation mentions, some cases are still under investigation.
Ipso Facto, your claim that Gessler's credibility is in tatters is premature.
Res Ipsa Loquitor, etc…
"The analysis also showed that although some of the non-citizen voters did cast ballots in at least one election going as far back as 2004"
And that somehow makes Gessler's credbility fall to ashes? I think you are obsession with the man is once again rearing its ugly head. Just be patient. Odds are he'll be the GOP candidate and you can have months making unfounded statements about him at that point.
"your obsession" – not "you are obsession". Long day.
Pretty much, yeah.
Gessler may have captured a single-digit vote fraud problem in an attempt to make voting difficult nationally for millions, by claiming he'd found thousands of fradulent votes in his own state.
And what's the real problem? Apparently, it boils down to a couple of instances where the required checks failed to catch a mistaken or actual false registration at the clerk's office or by his own office before voting took place. Or, in the case of the few instances we've actually seen documented, a couple of Republican voters voting in two districts in one election. In zero of these cases would photo ID have helped.
Gessler's a tool of a witch hunt harming many in search of a vanishingly small few, to apply a cure that wouldn't even affect those few cases.
Oh, I don't think we'll have to resort to unfounded statements. The man's a mass of contradictions, and the political ads will write themselves:
Any way you spin it, his claims were ridiculously inflated and clearly the numbers involved don't rise to the level of being a top priority, hair on fire, excuse for draconian measures problem so, yes, his credibility is pretty shot as is the credibility of the entire GOTP everywhere they have passed or are pushing to pass draconian measures that make it much more difficult for millions nationwide who have every right to vote to do so.
Republican pols are constantly 'slipping" by crowing over how these various measures will help them to win by reducing the vote. You really have to shut those eyes tight, plug those ears thoroughly and sing loudly to miss all the righties bragging about helping Rs win by passing these measures.
I respect the blatant voter suppressing GOTP pols who are transparent about their scumbag motives a lot more than I can respect their pathetic apologists.
I hate tI admit it, Elliot, but you're probably mostly right here . . .
. . . I mean, after all, Gessler is an attorney, so it's not like he had hardly any credibility to begin with . . .
Funny!
If they don't attack now, there's a chance that their attacks on Gessler will be proven wrong. They can't afford to wait for the facts, character assassination calls!
Ummmmm, . . .
. . . wouldn't SG have to have even some tiny little bit of character, first, before anyone could attempt to besmirch it ????
The fact remains, nobody knew the extent of the problem until Gessler looked into it. He hasn't tried to hide the results. I thank Gessler for his diligence.
Three other things, just off the top of my head, that I'm pretty sure no one yet knows the full extent of:
1. the extent to which unicorns have crossbred into the White River Elk herd, altering their native genetic makeup . . . 2. the full extent of the zombie incursion and takeover of Mesa County school boards and PTAs . . . 3. the full extent to which you'll stoop to try to justify Gessler's innumerable misdeeds . . .
Scotty Diligent to the rescue???!!???
Buescher knew. During the campaign I heard him say that if there was any fraud it was minimal and did not influence elections. He said Gessler was creating fear to manipulate the voters
Wrong. Everyone, especially the county clerks, knew that it was nothing approaching the neighborhood of even a minimally serious problem. Gessler's ''looking into it" simply confirmed what was perfectly obvious in the first place and many thousands of dollars earlier. This is strictly about suppressing Dem leaning demos in elections and it's pretty funny how, on the rare occasions they manage to find a single concrete thing to point to, it's a fraudulent R voter.
He has yet to find a single case where fraudulent voting made the difference in any election but we know for damn sure why Morse lost his very close election. Hint. Not through voter fraud.
Gessler's a goniff. Look it up
Missing Strawberries? I want a full investigation NOW!
Classic Bogey 🙂
I meant to add the tag line that this scene illustrates how workers in Gessler's office must have felt during their "investigations" of voter fraud.
"How this man retains any viability for another run at political office is truly baffling to us."
OK. Now you just demonstrated your idiocy.
Scotty is running the Republican primary. Republican voters will think he is doing a great job in bringing attention to the problem of illegals voting as they know that it goes on all the time.
Colorado Pols wrote: “How this man retains any viability for another run at political office is truly baffling to us.”
There are a certain number of Republicans who are convinced that voter fraud is rampant and swaying elections–no amount of empirical evidence will convince them otherwise. Every time Gessler makes accusations of voter fraud, these true believers rally behind him and come to his defense. I doubt there are enough true-believers to put Gessler into higher office but I've been wrong before, so who knows?
and, in 20 years, ehen they get to rewrite the textbooks (they hope) it will become common knowledge that Obama wa NOT a citizen and that he only won by the manipulation of voters and letting no citizens vote. At the same time the texts will reflect that Bush saved us all by going to Iraq tax free
Voter fraud is nothing more than a dog whistle for his base…Gessler is as corrupt as a pol can get…Koch money is and will be flowing before too long…It is about the money…not about governing…I don't think there is a more dishonest person in Colorado than Gessler…oh wait…Tancredo? maybe not dishonest, but certainly nuts…
Western slope Republican legislators have always know that if you get anointed by the Central Committee, your financial worries are over….
the same POV that lets O&G buy them off so readily.
"known", if you don't mind..
And how many tax payers dollars have been wasted?
Harley, not "wasted". Spent in the honorable pursuit of fair elections by eliminating massive voter fraud by those who are not even white, I mean citizens
Frankly, I don't think the tax dollars were wasted. We finally have empirical evidence that there is no such thing as rampant voter fraud by illegal aliens. Now when they raise that argument, all we have to do is say "Where's the beef?" and waive around a copy of Gessler's report. I kind of like that a true believer proved that what they've been saying for years is a lie. Kind of fun.
You are so right! Perhaps the money wasn't really wasted as it made the point that there is very little, (if any) voter fraud. But unfortunately for Gessler–he made the point which disproved his own claim.
Now how sweet is that?